Category Archives: taking time to look

Day One – NaPoWriMo

Rode home to visit the kitties today and the daffodil leaves and buds were whipping in the wind. My facebook memories show that they were blooming last year on April first and that they got snowed on later in the … Continue reading

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August Postcard Poetry Fest 2021

It’s definitely August (I’m melting!) and so it’s also Postcard Poetry Festival time! This year I’m in two groups of 32 folks. The plan is to write a poem a day and send it via postcard to each successive person … Continue reading

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For the Quote Box

Tip of the hat to Robert LaFond: Painters of marines do not represent the sea well, in general. The same approach may be applied to them as to the painters of landscape. They want to show too much science, make … Continue reading

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Staying Local

As I tour around looking at things and for places to paint, I see lots of things. Some don’t register much, some get a ‘oh interesting’ sort of reaction and some get filed away in the ‘you should find out … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-eight

Mom texts me to say she’s resting after gardening. she’s been out since eight turning soil filling and emptying the rusty old wheelbarrow scarfing around plants she put in early this year. Now resting happily. I put my feet into … Continue reading

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